Katalin Engelhardt (born 17 March 1971) is a former Hungarian

Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Para ...

and Paralympic powerlifter. She has participated at seven

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

and has won six medals, including one gold at the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

. Engelhardt was born with a leg impairment which didn't form properly in her mother's womb.

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1971 births Living people Swimmers from Budapest Paralympic swimmers for Hungary Paralympic powerlifters for Hungary Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic gold medalists for Hungary Paralympic silver medalists for Hungary Paralympic bronze medalists for Hungary Hungarian female breaststroke swimmers Hungarian female butterfly swimmers Hungarian female medley swimmers S5-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships 20th-century Hungarian women 21st-century Hungarian women {{DEFAULTSORT:Engelhardt, Katalin